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prrb:

How I pratice drawing things, now in a tutorial form.
The shrimp photo I used is here
Show me your shrimps if you do this uvu 

PS: lots of engrish because foreign 

This is the best art advice ever and you should all listen to it because it’s basically what I’ve been telling people for years.

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i was not expecting that to actually work

THIS.

This feels like one of those pieces of advice that are so brilliant that as soon as you have read it, it feels blindingly obvious. 

Source: prrb

Masterpost of Writing Advice

writing-the-words:

For a full and updated list of writing advice, click here.
All advice is by Marina Montenegro and originally posted on Writing the Words blog. (This list is updated to include August’s Romance section)

Getting Started

Prewriting 101
Setting Up Your Space
Starting Again (if you’ve stopped)
Where to Start
Writing the Beginning
Writing What You Don’t Know
5 Truths About Being A Writer

Characters:

Character Building
Non-Binary Characters
Writing A Hero
Writing Non-Humans
Writing Women
5 Ways to Name Your Character
5 More Ways to Name Your Character

Dialogue:

Dialogue
Improving Dialogue: Eliminate Exposition

NaNoWriMo

NaNoWriMo
Tips & Tricks for NaNoWriMo

Planning & Outlines

How to Start Outlining
Is My Idea Good Enough?
Should you Outline?
7 Things to Do Before You Start

Plot:

Details
Fight Scenes
Sex Scenes
Sexual Assault in Literature
Story Arcs

Publishing:

When and Where to Publish
Rejection Letters

Romance: 

*new!*

LGB Relationships
Romantic Subplots
Writing a Romance Novel

Setting:

Description
When Setting Really Matters

World Building:

Creating World Maps
World Building

Other

Editing
Making Time to Write
Point Of View
Prologues
Why I Write
Writers Block
Writing with Sound
5 Signs You Treat Your Reader Like an Idiot

fountainfinity:

things people do in real world dialogue:

• laugh at their own jokes

• don’t finish/say complete sentences

• interrupt a line of thought with a sudden new one

• say ‘uh’ between words when unsure

• accidentally blend multiple words together, and may start the sentence over again

• repeat filler words such as ‘like’ ‘literally’ ‘really’ ‘anyways’ and ‘i think’

• begin and/or end sentences with phrases such as ‘eh’ and ‘you know’, and may make those phrases into question form to get another’s input

• repeat words/phrases when in an excited state

• words fizzle out upon realizing no one is listening

• repeat themselves when others don’t understand what they’re saying, as well as to get their point across

• reply nonverbally such as hand gestures, facial expressions, random noises, movement, and even silence